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PO Box 1344
Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361
Phone (308) 635-3393
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What We Do

Grantmaking

2024 - Current Grant Amount Awarded: $66.048.00 (thru Feb. 2024)

  • Riverside Discovery Center / Large Cat Exhibit - Awarded $15,000
  • Omaha Conservancy of Music - String Sprouts / Sponsorship of Strings Scottsbluff/Gering concert - Awarded $5,000
  • Scottsbluff Schools Foundation / Update Scottsbluff High School auditorium - Awarded $25,000
  • Village of Potter / 1917 Theater and Community Civic Center / Renovation of the historic theater - Awarded $5,000
  • Potter's Wheel Ministries / Renovate two apartments for transitional housing - Awarded $5,000
  • Community Christian / Purchase of electric piano for music dept. - Awarded $1,048
  • Post Playhouse / Improvements of technical infrastructure of historic building - Awarded $10,000
  • Hope Radio / Replacement of aging transmittter - Awarded $5,000
  • Guadalupe Center / Chairs for the Guadalupe Center - Awarded $3,000
  • Bayard Schools / Purchase of new stage curtains - Awarded $3,000
  • Kids First Preschool & Daycare / Resurfacing of two existing playground areas - Awarded $5,000
  • FarWide Conservaton Trust / Completion of Ninemile Creek Restoration Project in Scotts Bluff County - Awarded $5,000 from Seacrest Fund
  • The DOVES Program / For conference tables and chairs - Awarded $15,090

Grants

OTCF has awarded over 7 million dollars in grants to projects in our Valley from various donor advised funds and donations to the Foundation.
As a community foundation, we hold multiple funds with specified purposes. Some of those funds are focused on a priority area
as defined by a donor, other are in response to community needs, and others are for individual scholarships.

Our grants are specifically for our service area, including the Nebraska Panhandle and Eastern Wyoming 

  • Requesting organizations must be tax-exempt, as defined by the IRS in Section 501(c) (3), or eligible to receive such a designation, or a public entity such as a school or governmental institution..
  • Grants are not made to individuals
  • The Foundation does not typically make grants for deficit financing, annual fund drives or capital campaigns, or ongoing operating expenses.
  • The Foundation does not typically make grants for programming, conventions, or fundraising efforts 
  • Grants are not made to religious organizations for religious purposes.

Please refer to our GRANT APPLICATION AND REQUIREMENT POLICY before applying (see button below) 

Please email us at info@otcf.org with any questions. Thanks!

Grant Deadlines:
February 1 | June 1 | October 1
 

Grants Slideshow
  • 11 13 Ministries
  • NE State Historical Society "Walk to the Rock"
  • Scotts Bluff County Volunteer Ctr/Meals on Wheels
  • Hemingford Legion Post #9
  • Sunrise Historic and Prehistoric Preservation Society
  • Morrill Ag Center
  • New chairs for Guadalupe Center
  • West NE Art Center Grant
  • Community Ever Green House
  • 23 Club Baseball - Field Renovation
  • Covid Food Fund
  • Carpenter Center - Equipment Upgrade
  • Bayard Schools Greenhouse
  • Violin Sprouts - Purchase of Violins
  • UNMC Ambulance Mobile Training
  • Greener Gardens NRD Greenhouse Completion
  • Chimney Rock Visitors Center Renovation
  • Rachel's Challenge - All School Event
  • Japanese Hall - Relocation to Legacy of the Plains Museum
  • Cirrus House - Kitchen Equipment
  • Angel of Hope Statue for Children's Memorial Park
  • Theatre West Lighting and Sound Improvements
  • Midwest Theater Facility Improvements
  • Buckboard Riding Academy - New Facility
  • UNMC Dental Hygiene School - 3D Printer
  • Riverside Discovery Center Bear Exhibit
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Past Grants

  • 1987

    Total: $48,554
    - Longs Peak Council of Boy Scouts – Northfield Park Arboretum: $800
    - Scotts Bluff County Courthouse – Bronze Sculpture: $500
    - American Red Cross Local Chapter – CPR Mannequin: $750
    - Scottsbluff Community Concert Association – Piano: $1,000
    - Camp Fire, Inc. – Water & Sewer Repairs at Camp Site: $2,500
    - Platte Valley Music Teachers – Piano @ Arts Center: $1,500
    - Twin Cities Tree Commission – Oregon Trail Park: $500
    - Panhandle Runaway Youth Shelter Building Fund: $1,500

  • 1986

    Total: $39,504
    - W.N.G.H. Foundation: $1,000

  • 1985

    Total: $38,504
    - Panhandle Humane Society: $1,000
    - Camp Fire, Inc.: $368
    - Panhandle Day Care Center: $500
    - Scottsbluff/Gering Clean Communities Commission: $300
    - Hunts Acres Community Recreation Building Fund: $5,000

  • 1984

    Total: $31,336
    - U of NE Foundation – Sugar Beet Transplant Project: $10,000
    - STRAYT: $580
    - Camp Fire, Inc.: $656
    - West Nebraska Arts Center: $900
    - Scottsbluff YMCA: $300

  • 1983

    Total: $18,900
    - Platte Valley Musical Arts – Baby Doe Production: $300
    - Longs Peak Council of Boy Scouts – Mini Park @ Scout Office: $600
    - Nebraska All Star Sports, Inc.: $650
    - Neighborhood Family Service Center: $4,200
    - U of NE Foundation – Sugar Beet Transplant Project $5,000

  • 1982

    Total: $8,150
    - City of Scottsbluff – Historical Adobe House Fund: $1,000
    - Scottsbluff/Gering Clean Communities Commission: $1,600

  • 1981

    Total: $5,550
    - Gering Volunteer Fire Department – “Jaws of Life”: $1,000
    - Scotts Bluff County Domestic Violence Task Force: $1,000
    - Torrington High School – Mural Restoration: $1,500
    - West Nebraska Arts Center Heritage Days: $500

  • 1980

    Total: $1,550
    - Nebraska Western College, “20 Plus Singers: $1,000
    - West Nebraska Arts Center Heritage Days: $500

  • 1979

    $50
    - West Nebraska Arts Center: $50

Our Impact - 2023

  • Funds Managed by OTCF

    83

  • Community Grants Awarded

    $111,312

  • Scholarships Awarded

    $93,250

  • Net Assets

    $11,575,643

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Oregon Trail Community Foundation
PO Box 1344
Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361
Phone (308) 635-3393
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